By Mark | December 3, 2020
I was 13 years old on December 29, 1981 — the day that my great grandmother Minnie Wise Florian died in Liberty, Kentucky. I was with her when she passed, a few weeks after her 89th birthday. It was a traumatic night. My father was out, playing basketball with some old high school friends, and […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged anxiety, Arlo, cathartic, Charles Maynard, crying, Death, family history, fatherhood, gratitude, Huron River, Minnie Wise Florian, OCD, suicide |
By Mark | December 6, 2018
If you’re planning to attend the DIYpsi art fair this weekend, be sure to swing by the table of illustrator Caleb Zweifler, who, early next week, intends to hitchhike his way out of Ypsilanti, the town that he’s called home for the past decade. Following is his official Ypsilanti exit interview. MARK: What’s your full […]
Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Amy Sacksteder, Andrew Zweifler, Andy Claydon, archery, Becoming Myth, Bee Roll, Beezy's, BFA, Bipolar Disorder, bitch", Brazil, Brian Little, Brian Nelson, Bruce Lee’s Fighting Method, bug-out bag, Caleb Zweifler, Capoeira, comic books, corn cob pipe, Davey Jones, death metal, Dishwasher Pete, dishwashing, DIYpsi, Do Make Say Think, Elbow Room, EMU, EMU Art Department, exit interviews, garden hermit, graphic novels, Guillermo Lopez, hermit, hitchhiking, Iggy Pop, illustration, Jamaica, Jim Cherewick, John DeHoog, Julian Weisensel, Kris Coley, Lansing Community College, log cabin, mania, Marisa Dluge, Michael Reedy, Michigan, Munith, Nate Hockman, Nazis, Nightman Cometh, off-grid, Pete Jordan, Peter Pan, Physicians for the Prevention of Gun Violence, political correctness, Portuguese, Richard Rubenfeld, Richard Washington, Rita Jane Riggs, Riverside Park, Ruth Zweifler, Sherzer Hall, Stockbridge, Student Advocacy Center, survivalist, Taru Sterling, Tetris, Visit Ypsilanti, wonderlust, Ypsi Real, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews, Ypsilanti Convention and Visitors Bureau, Ypsilantian of the Year |
By Mark | February 11, 2018
I’ve now been with Linette for exactly half my life. Today marks not only the 50th anniversary of my birth, but the 25th anniversary of our first date. Saying that I shouldn’t just be sitting around the house on my 25th birthday, Linette drove out to Ann Arbor, picked me up, and took me for […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged 25, AARP, Abbott and Costello, Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein, Arlo, birthdays, bowling, bowling ball, bowling league, Citizen Kane, Clementine, Dinner at Eight, Dorothy Avery, it sucks getting old, John Farres, Ken Boyd, knitting, Mark's birthday, monsters, OCD, Orson Welles, Piss Alley Rollers, Super Sweet Social Bowling League, Tracy Wells, Webber's, Wixom, Zsa Zsa Gabor |
Over the past year or so, a friend of mine in Ann Arbor has had to spend quite a bit of time in the emergency room with her son due to various physical and mental issues he’s had to deal with, and the experience has given her some insight into how differently we treat children […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Health, Uncategorized | Also tagged autism, emergency room, ER, health care, health care reform, mental health, mental illness, Mott Children’s Hospital, pediatric emergency, psychiatric emergency, stigma, suicidal ideation, University of Michigan, University of Michigan Hospital |
By Mark | October 25, 2015
I’m sure I’ll live to regret it, but I made the decision this weekend, after learning that filmmaker Jen Proctor had moved to Ypsi Township, to broaden the scope of the Ypsi Immigration Interview project to include people moving not only into the city proper, but also the surrounding environs… Could this be the start […]
Posted in Special Projects, Uncategorized | Also tagged A Movie, Amway, Annex the Township, art films, Art Prize, birthday cakes, Bruce Conner, cats, Dick DeVos, Donald Harrison, Film, ghost hunting, ghosts, Grand Rapids, haunting, Jen Proctor, Jeopardy, One Ypsilanti, Paranormal Convention, Pittsfield Township, San Francisco, Sault Ste. Marie, Spalding Gray, Star Wars, Sweet Heather Anne, Winnie the Pooh, Ypsi immigration interview |